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Frame rates measured by Notebookcheck.

What it asks of a laptop

At 1920×1080 using the High preset with upscaling disabled, New World ran above 60fps on all nine laptops in Notebookcheck’s figures. The measured range is 76fps to 122fps, with a median of 94fps. That makes this a relatively manageable game for the performance-focused gaming laptops represented here, rather than one that demands the very fastest hardware simply to achieve smooth play.

That said, the figures do not show unlimited headroom. The gap between the fastest and slowest result is 46fps, and no tested machine reached 144fps. A laptop capable of 60fps is one thing; sustaining frame rates suited to a 144Hz panel at these exact settings is another. Only one of the nine machines exceeded 100fps, while eight sat between 76fps and 97fps.

The GPU-tier results also suggest that performance does not scale neatly with the name of the graphics chip alone. The two RTX 3080 Ti laptops averaged 110fps, but that average covers a substantial split: the MSI GE76 Raider reached 122fps, while the Schenker XMG Neo 17 M22 recorded 97fps. Meanwhile, the two RTX 3080, two RTX 3070 and two RTX 3070 Ti systems all produced the same 94fps tier average. In this sample, moving between those three GPU names was not enough to guarantee a higher result.

That matters for laptop buyers because mobile GPU performance depends on the complete machine, not merely its badge. The measured figures are enough to show that several upper-mid-range and high-end laptops run New World well at this 1080p High test point, but they do not support assuming that every laptop using a particular RTX GPU will produce the same frame rate.

What runs it

Every tested laptop cleared 60fps. The slowest result came from the Lenovo Legion S7 15ACH6, fitted with an RTX 3060 at 100W, at 76fps. It is the only RTX 3060 result in the data, so that is a useful result for this particular laptop rather than a broad verdict on all RTX 3060 machines. Still, 76fps at 1080p High with no upscaling is comfortably above the 60fps line.

The RTX 3070 results were tightly grouped. The HP Omen 16-b0085ng achieved 95fps, while the Schenker XMG Apex 17 M21 recorded 93fps. Their mean was 94fps. The RTX 3070 Ti pair was similarly close: 94fps for the MSI Stealth GS66 and 93fps for the HP Omen 16-b1090ng, again averaging 94fps.

The RTX 3080 machines did not establish a clear advantage in this set of figures. The MSI GP66 Leopard reached 97fps, but the Alienware m15 R6 recorded 91fps, resulting in a 94fps average for the pair. That is identical to the recorded average for the RTX 3070 and RTX 3070 Ti groups.

The RTX 3080 Ti category was the quickest overall, averaging 110fps across two laptops. However, it is important to look beyond that mean. The MSI GE76 Raider, with its 175W RTX 3080 Ti, was the only tested laptop to clear 100fps, at 122fps. The Schenker XMG Neo 17 M22, also listed with an RTX 3080 Ti, managed 97fps. The category average therefore should not be read as a promise of 110fps from every RTX 3080 Ti laptop.

• 60fps: 9 of 9 tested laptops achieved it, from the RTX 3060-powered Lenovo at 76fps to the RTX 3080 Ti GE76 Raider at 122fps.
• 100fps: 1 of 9 laptops achieved it: the MSI GE76 Raider at 122fps.
• 144fps: 0 of 9 laptops achieved it at 1920×1080, High preset, with upscaling off.

The cheapest laptop that handles it

The fact sheet provides prices for only two of the nine laptops, so it cannot establish the cheapest tested laptop overall. Of the machines with stated prices, the MSI Stealth GS66 costs £2,688 and delivered 94fps with an RTX 3070 Ti. The Alienware m15 R6 costs £3,215 and delivered 91fps with an RTX 3080.

On those stated figures, the MSI is both cheaper by £527 and slightly faster in this particular benchmark. More importantly, the comparison illustrates the wider pattern in the data: paying for an RTX 3080 label did not automatically produce a better New World result than an RTX 3070 Ti laptop.

The Lenovo Legion S7 15ACH6 is the lowest-performing machine in the list at 76fps, but no price is supplied for it. It may be a more affordable route to acceptable performance, but the measured figures alone do not allow a price comparison.

What this means if you’re buying

For a buyer targeting 1080p High without upscaling, the measured figures point to 60fps being an achievable target across a broad range of gaming-laptop hardware. The tested RTX 3060 laptop already exceeded it by 16fps, while the RTX 3070, RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 3080 laptops generally clustered around the low-to-mid 90fps range.

If your priority is a smoother experience on a high-refresh display, look at the actual performance figures for the specific laptop rather than buying solely by GPU tier. In this sample, an RTX 3070 or RTX 3070 Ti system could match or exceed certain RTX 3080 results. The standout option was the MSI GE76 Raider at 122fps, but it remained 22fps short of 144fps.

In short, New World does not require the most expensive gaming laptop for a solid 1080p High result. However, the data does not show a tested route to 144fps at these settings, and it shows meaningful variation between laptops carrying ostensibly similar graphics hardware. For this game, chassis-specific benchmark results are more useful than assuming a higher-numbered GPU will always be faster.